> So, Matthew, you have two ways to push back, it'll make your
> AUP toothless or, it will cost you $$ to implement.

Happily, there is captive portal style support for our current filtering 
solution... which is what is making this a possibility. It should be noted that 
we aren't exactly ecstatic about the idea anyways.

But alas, this is but one of the many things we are dealing with, and not the 
most pressing thing. We have lasted this long without any formal wireless in 
the schools, we can last a while longer... especially with the ever shrinking 
budget.

"Okay, do you want wireless, or do you want to replace your 5 year old teacher 
stations?" Actually, the want both and more usually. How do they justify it? 
Because they have other funding they want to use to expand... *grumble*


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Link
[mailto:[email protected]]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Fri, 11 Feb 2011
07:31:10 -0800
Subject: Re: Personal phones connecting to your corporate
data - how do you handle security?


> Very true, but in this case, it's a school.  Budgets are tighter tha snare
> drums...
> When you have to make infrastructure equipment last 10+ years, and user
> equipment last 5+ years, the idea to do something like this quickly
> evaporates.  So, Matthew, you have two ways to push back, it'll make your
> AUP toothless or, it will cost you $$ to implement.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >> We have been looking at a similar "Public only" wifi for our schools.
> > The
> > >> outcry for access is growing, and we are feeling the urge to support
> our
> > >> customers (they being the students and staff of our school district).
> > >
> > > And will make any AUP effecitvely toothless.  For a school, this is an
> > > incredibly bad idea.
> >
> >  One can incorporate a captive portal to help address that kind of
> > thing.  Costs are higher, of course.  TANSTAAFL.  :)
> >
> > -- Ben
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